Black Prince Mine

The Black Prince Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Prince Mine
Secondary: Black Prince Group
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1436

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highland District District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Black Prince Mining Co.
Home Office: J. B. Wheeler, President And Director, Box B, Pioche, Nv.

Owner Name: Altera Resources And Frejonley Mining
Years: 1983 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Replacement Mn

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Plate

Type: L
Description: Minor Shear Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SILICEOUS MN ORE AVERAGES 13% MN, 7 OZ AG, 1% PB-ZN COMBINED MAX PB CONTENT IS 5% . SAMPLE 1436 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20 % CA, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 200 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, 200 PPM SB, 500 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN.. SAMPLE 1436 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20 % CA, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 200 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU, 200 PPM SB, 500 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Wad
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrolusite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): PYROLUSITE CARRIES BOTH AG AND AU.

Comment (Development): AREA RECENTLY FLAGGED, STAKED, AND DRILLED (1983) BUT NO PRODUCTION WITHIN LAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1983 IT WAS REPORTED THAT ALTERA RESOURCES TOGETHER WITH FREJONLEY MINING ACQUIRED 104 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS OF THE BLACK PRINCE PROPERTY FOR 5.6 MILLION DOLLARS. 15 SHALLOW-ANGLE DRILL HOLES WERE COMPLETED ON THE PROPERTY IN 1981, 12 OF WHICH INTERSECTED THE BLACK PRINCE VEIN.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROBABLE ORE RESERVES WITHIN 300 FT OF SURFACE. ALSO, EARLIER UNDATED UNPUBLISHED NBMG REPORT STATES PROBABLE RESERVES OF 40,000 TONS ORE AT ABOUT 0.03 OZ/T AU AND 8 OZ/T AG.

Comment (Geology): FISSURE CAN BE TRACED 7000 FEET ON SURFACE IN THRUST PLATE OF MENDHA AND HIGHLAND PEAK FORMATIONS. AN ALTERED GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE PARALLELS THE FISSURE FOOTWALL. DIKE AND LIMESTONE ON FOOTWALL ALSO MINERALIZED. VALUES INCREASE DOWN SHAFT, ORE UP TO 35 FEET THICK.

Comment (Deposit): BLACK PRINCE FISSURE, FILLED WITH ALTERED MN-STAINED ORE. HEMATITE-STAINED QUARTZ NODULES, OXIDIZED PYRITE, PYROLUSITE, SLIGHTLY MAGNETIC NODULES OF WAD, SOME CARRYING CRYSTALLINE CALCITE VEINLETS, SLIGHT SILICIFICATION. OPALINE SILICA COATS FRACTURE SURFACES AND FILLS VUGS. A MINOR SHEAR ZONE IS EXPOSED AT SHAFT. LIMESTONE ON DUMP IS PINK (FE OXIDE-STAINED ? RHODOCHROSITE?), BANDED, WITH CRYSTALLINE CALCITE VEINLETS, AND NODULES OF PLATY CALCITE WHICH CEMENT BRECCIA. VALUES INCREASE WITH DEPTH. 1981 DRILL HOLE DATA YIELD AN AVERAGE TRUE THICKNESS OF 12.4 FT FOR THE BLACK PRINCE VEIN AT 3.4 OZ/T AG. THE VEIN IS RELATIVELY CONTINOUS ALONG STRIKE FOR 2600 FT.

Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKING IS AN INCLINED SHAFT 55SE, 60 DEGREES, ALONG THRUST, ALSO SMALL PITS

References

Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER, OCT 6, 1983, ALTERA TO ACQUIRE ANOTHER SILVER BET.

Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE NORTHERN MINER, OCT 6, 1983

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, T. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 8/25/83.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEM 21.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.